PT-2025-41044 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2022-12-27 · Updated 2026-04-20 · CVE-2022-50539

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The Linux kernel contains a reference count leak bug in the omap4 sram init() function when using ARM OMAP2+ platforms. The of find compatible node() function increments the reference count of a node pointer, and this count is not decremented using of node put() when the node is no longer needed, leading to a memory leak.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-911

Related Identifiers

AZL-76625

BDU:2026-04857

CVE-2022-50539

Affected Products

Debian

Linux Kernel

References · 20

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50539.json · Exploit
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d9452ae3bdb830f9309cf10a2f65977999cb14e · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-50539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50539 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-50539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-76625 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c32919a378782c95c72bc028b5c30dfe8c11f82 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-04857 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/049875b76660bbdc4873a915afb294f954eb7320 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50539 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50539 · Vendor Advisory